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♫ Don't be upset when the moon is covered by clouds ♫
♫ That's just the wind showing its love ♫
♫ If the stars are the sea of sky ♫
♫ Then the moon is what the tide hopes for ♫
♫ When the clouds scatter ♫
♫ The moonlight shines upon the haze of this world ♫
♫ The world becomes still at this moment ♫
♫ Let go of everything ♫
♫ Who is infatuated to the radiance of freedom ♫
♫ Loves carelessly, then abandons love ♫
♫ Maybe a vow can last like the sea ♫
♫ As long as the heart doesn't change ♫
♫ That is the last thing I will worship in my life ♫
♫ Who is playing a song about love ♫
♫ Anyone would want to have it completely ♫
♫ Burn the dusts of darkness ♫
♫ When the wind pushes away the clouds ♫
♫ He will return with the melody ♫
Green Hill Fox Legend
From this day on, what I say and what I do
are all for the benefit of you.
If you trust me, then just do what I say.
Master, does it taste good?
Here...
Let's wait for my wife to eat together.
If sister doesn't come, then we can't eat?
How come she's still not here?
Master, Mistress said that she will eat alone
in her room today.
What's with her?
It's a traditon for all family members to eat together. That has never been changed.
Even if this rule is changed, it has to be done by me.
How can she make this decision herself?
Master, if she doesn't want to come, then fine. We'll eat by ourselves.
If she wants to eat alone, then just let Xiaocui take the food to her room.
Now there's only the two of us.
We could eat pleasantly and enjoy the peace.
That's right. Usually when she is around,
she always has a dirty look on her face.
Today... we won't pay attention to her.
-We'll have some peace and quiet?-Okay.
Okay.
Here.
What did master say?
What else would he say? Master was very happy.
He said that having some peace and quiet makes him more comfortable than usual.
He is enjoying the moment with Lady Ying'er right now.
It's really like that.
If Mistress knows it's going to be like this, then why are you doing this?
Who else can I trust other than Mrs. Liu?
Mrs. Liu can only give us dumb ideas.
Don't talk about her like that.
There must be a reason why Mrs. Liu is cherished by Mr. Liu.
Not only did she treat me as a guest of honor, but she also had a deterrent force.
She may be the only person who can help me.
All of you have dedicated yourselves to the imperial government. We won't leave until we are all drunk tonight!
-Here!-Here! Thank you, Your Highness!
-Master, have a bite.-I can do it myself.
I can do it myself.
Look at that Master Liu. He seems pretty uncomfortable.
Go and help him to relax. If you do a good job,
I'll reward you highly. Go.
Master...
Master,
would you like to have a drink with me?
No, Miss, I can't drink too much. You should go and accompany His Highness.
Master,
are you avoiding me because I'm not a rare beauty?
No, no, no, no, no! Miss! Miss!
I'm just an ordinary guest, you don't have to pay attention to me.
You can go and accompany His Highness...accompany His Highness.
Master Liu, are you gay?
I...
Master Liu, you have a wife and a concubine in your house who are both rare beauties.
Yet you're mistaken by others as being gay!
-You're so wronged!-No, I...
Hey, everyone, everyone.
I've heard that Master Liu's wife is amazingly beautiful,
and his concubine is pretty and charming. Could it be that Master Liu is constrained because
he thinks that these beauties are not as beautiful as his wife?
According to what you are saying, it's actually my fault?
Master Liu, do you think that I have bad taste?
No, no, no, no. I'm just not very amorous.
I don't pay much attention to women other than my wife.
Yes, yes, yes! I didn't expect Master Liu and Mrs. Liu to have such deep affections for each other.
Moreover, Master Liu's wife...
your wife is really beautiful.
So it's no wonder, right?
Master Liu, since you're so loyal to love,
it must be a pity for you
to be in a brothel.
I dare not to. I'm just a stubborn scholar who doesn't know how to appreciate this.
It's true that your stubborn and not appreciative!
Please don't be angry, Your Highness. I'll drink a cup as an apology.
Master Liu,
I was just joking with you!
For a person who doesn't know jokes, do you think he should drink three cups more?
Of course!
Here, fill the cup for Master Liu!
Fill it! Fill it!
His Highness always makes jokes, but Master Liu took it for real.
-He must be penalized!-That's right, penalized!
Your Highness, then I'll drink three more cups as a penalty.
Good, straightforward!
Master Liu has a great drinking capacity!
Here, here, here, let's drink!
Keep drinking, keep drinking!
-Your Highness!-Your Highness!
-Please come back often to play!-Come back often!
Okay, okay. It's getting late.
Go back and have some rest.
-Your Highness, we'll leave then.-Go ahead.
You Highness, we'll leave.
About that matter, we'll find another time...
Master Hong, come here.
Your Highness.
Master Hong, I heard that your house is
next door to that Liu Changyan's?
Yes, there is only one wall between my house and Liu's house.
Daye, I have something that needs your help.
I'm not sure if you want to help me or not.
Please say it, You Highness. I'm willing to help.
Your Highness, please tell me what you need and I will do everything I can to help you.
Daye, have you ever seen Mrs. Liu?
Can you help me to
get to know Mrs. Liu?
Master?
Master, Mistress has been ill these days.
She's already in bed, so...
She would even reject me?
Master, Mistress said that even if Master is here,
that's still the order.
Go away!
Master, please don't be angry. Master, that's really the order of Mistress.
Please don't make it difficult for me.
Fine! Wife, you keep this in mind!
Today, you treat me like this! In the future, even if you beg me,
I won't enter this room!
Shouldn't Master be at sister's place today?
How could this be? How could it be like this?
She actually rejected to see me!
What's making her act so foolishly?
Is she really planning to not let Master into her room?
I think she is planning to get out of this house!
Master,
how about you stay here at my place from now on?
You are the best.
From now on, I will only stay at your place.
This is your house, and I belong to you, too.
Whatever you say, it'll be.
-Really?-Yes.
Mistress! Mistress! Come and help me!Master, you be careful.
Why did he drink so much?
How would I know?
He can't even drink! Why did he drink so much?
How would I know? You go and bring a basin of cold water here.
-Tell the cook to make a bowl of hangover soup.-Oh.
Tell me, why are you drinking so much these days?
I...
I know. The human world is full of temptations.
But how can a clan leader like you fall for these kind of things?
Could it be that you like those women, too?
It's not like that. I'm just...
Stop that and tell me what's going on right now!
I don't know why but that Ninth Duke
really likes to take me to the brothels to drink.
It's not my own idea.
Wife, please understand me.
If you don't like it that much, then you should reject him. Why do you have to force yourself?
Wife, that's something you don't understand.
As an official working for the imperial government, I can't offend the royals.
If I made the Ninth Duke mad because of this,
then I would lose my position and we won't be able to stay here.
What should we do about our plans then?
Fine, fine, fine. Plans, plans.
I don't think you look like our clansman at all.
Instead, you look like a stubborn scholar.
Okay, scholar, scholar... I'm a stubborn scholar.
Please understand me, Wife. Okay?
You're not mad anymore?
You don't look like you're lying.
But you have to tell me, do those dancers look pretty?
-They can't even compare to one ten-thousandth of your beauty!-That's for sure.
You're really not mad anymore?
Wife, actually, I...
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Master Liu is finally awake.
Then what should we do to spend the rest of the time today?
How long have I slept? What time is it now?
Not very long. But it's already noon now. You don't need to go to court today anymore.
What? It's already this hour?
I'm not in court! I don't even know what matters will be discussed today!
Why did I sleep for so long? This is really absurd.
Looks like you've been in the human world for too long. A fox clan leader is so into acting.
You're actually taking yourself as a diligent official?
That's right. This is really funny.
Being in the human world for so long, I'm really taking myself as an official in the Ministry of Revenue.
You've slept for a whole night. Do you know why the Ninth Duke
likes to take you to the brothels to drink this much?
Could it be...that the Ninth Duke is fond of my talents?
Senior, why are you...
A royal is fond of the talents of a minor official?
He would take you to the brothels everyday just because he is fond of your talents?
Senior is right.
Nevermind. We won't think about him.
We didn't come to the human world to be officials anyway.
I heard that Mrs. Hong came to see you?
I told her to stay away from Hong Daye for a few days and we'll talk about the rest later.
Why should she do that? The relationship between those two are not good to begin with.
If she stays away, then wouldn't she be giving a chance to that weasel?
You wouldn't understand even if I told you.
Senior, please don't take this as a game.
Since you asked me to solve this problem, you should trust me.
But Senior, you should at least tell me what's going on, or else I can't put my heart at rest.
-You don't trust me?-No, no, no, no.
Senior, please don't overthink it. I trust you very much.
It's enough that you trust me. Besides, you don't understand the relationships between men and women anyway.
Even if I tell you, you still won't understand, right?
Senior, even though I don't have much experience,
but the relationships between men and women depend on spending time together.
Yet you're telling them to stay away from each other. That doesn't sound right either logically or emotionally.
Moreover, we came here to bring them together. Yet you are...
Okay, then you think of an idea.
You can't think of anything, right? Stop pretending like you're an expert.
You don't even know why the Ninth Duke took you to the brothels everyday.
Senior! Senior!
What does the matter of Mrs. Hong
have to do with the Ninth Duke?
Mistress, you woke up so early?
Mistress, you didn't get a good sleep last night?
Not only did I not get a good sleep.
I didn't get any sleep at all.
Even though Mrs. Liu taught me to stay away from Master,
but if I take one step wrong,
I won't be able to go back.
Mistress, didn't Mrs. Liu tell us to do this for ten days?
Now it's already been ten days. How about we go ask Mrs. Liu
what we should do next?
-Then we'll go find her right now.-Okay.
Have you been well lately, Sister?
I can't tell if it's good or bad.
Whether you've been well or not,
I can tell with one glance.
I've already done what you told me to do...
-But...-Excuse me for being ignorant.
I don't know if it's right or not.
I'm afraid that...Master would never pay attention to me in the future.
I just want to ask you one question. Do you trust me?
Of course, I trust you.
Comparing our situations,
what could I take from you?
Please don't suspect my trust toward you.
I'm just worried that...if Master really divorces me,
I won't be able to go back.
Don't be afraid. I'm here.
-Xi'er...-Ah?
...bring a basin of clean water for sister.-Okay.
Sister, take off all the jewelry on you.
Sister, please wash off all the makeup on your face.
What are you trying to do?
Just follow what I say.
Sister,
are you trying to remind me that I'm already old?
No, Sister, this is the next step.
From this day on, don't dress yourself up anymore.
Just put on plain dresses and do chores with the servants everyday.
Don't pay any attention to Hong Daye and his concubine.
If I do that, wouldn't Master dislike me even more?
You dare not to do that?
If you want to win your husband's heart back, you must fight like there is no turning back.
Sister, your situation can't be worse now.
Why don't you just go for it?
That's right. What can be worse than this?
Sister, from this day on,
I'll do everything you say.
Thank you for trusting me.
Mistress, will this really work?
You and Chang Yan are really two dumb foxes.
No wonder I have to leave the mountain and take care of this minor problem.
Mistress! Mistress!
Mistress! Mistress, what are you doing here?
I'm here to see if there's anything I can help with.
-Mistress! Mistress, you can't do this! Mistress!-Let me help you to wash this.
Mistress!
Mistress, why are you...
-Let me help you.-No! You can't do this! You can't do this!
If Master knows about this, he would scold at us!
Mistress, she's right. We'll do this on our own.
Let me help you to cut these.
Mistress, you can't do this! If your hand got hurt, Master would blame us!
-You can't do this, Mistress!-You can't do this! Master would blame us!
Mistress! You can't do this, Mistress! If Master knows about this, he would scold me!
Master won't blame you.
Mistress, please let me do it.
Now my word doesn't count anymore, is that so?
Mistress, I don't mean that...
Put the basin down.
Mistress...
You don't have work to do?
Let's go.
Hypocrytical.
You think Master would take pity on you if you pretend to be pitiful?
Ridiculous.
Mistress, please rest for a while. The sun is so hot today.
It's okay. I have nothing to do anyway if I stay at home.
Now that I have work to do, I could get a better sleep at night.
Mistress, you've never done this kind of labor before, right?
Yes, I've never done this before. But now that I've gotten used to it, I feel it's rather interesting.
The wife of a third grade official
is actually doing labor with us right now!
You can't find another example in the capital, right?
Master is taking all of this for granted! He only cares about that Lady Ying!
He should take a look at our mistress!
Husband, look. Zhu can really endure hardships.
She's actually doing farm work.
Senior, Zhu...
Mistress, wife, Heng'er.
Heng'er, Zhu is...
Don't be so impatient. The show just started.
Master, please sit.
I haven't seen my wife come out to eat for a long time.
Master, you're missing sister?
Tell me the truth. Did the two of you have a fight?
How could that be? I just don't understand
why Sister...
What is it?
When did you become so hesitant with talking?
It's better if I don't say anything.
Say it. Say it now.
You two didn't cause me any trouble, right?
How could that be? It's just that I don't undertsand
why sister doesn't wear any makeup lately. And she's wearing rags everyday.
She doesn't even care about her image as a mistress. She's hanging out with servants all day long.
Maybe...she thought that Master is about to divorce with her,
so she is acting rashly
to humiliate Master.
How could it be like that? She is going against me!
Master, please calm down. It's all my fault.
I don't know what I did to offend Sister that's
making her so upset. I'll find a chance to apologize to her.
Apologize for what? What do you have to apologize for?
If this continues, I'll divorce with her immediately! Let's eat!
Slowly.
One by one.
Please don't get anxious. Everyone will have their share.
Thank you.
-Thank you.-Go ahead.
Thank you.
-Thank you.-Thank you.
Thank you.
Who is giving out porridge?
Master, I think it's Master Hong's wife.
Giving out porridge is already a kind act, yet this lady is dressing in such a plain way.
That's really surprising.
Mistress, if this continues,
it would be a wonder if that Hong Daye doesn't dislike Zhu.
It's good if he dislikes her. The more he does, the better.
Then aren't you doing more harm to Mrs. Hong? It's fine if you harm her,
but what about our Master's...
-There maybe be ears on the other side of the wall.-What ear?
What ear do you think it is?
Master!
Master's face doesn't look very good.
You are all here?
Master, my stomach hurts! Master, Mistress, I'll go now!
Why are you looking at me like that?
-I have something to ask you.-Go ahead.
Are you really helping me by teaching Zhu to do those things?
I've came all the way to the capital. If I'm not helping you, then what am I doing here?
If you're really helping me, then why are you making them part farther from each other?
They are like strangers now!
This question again. You're giving a lecture again.
Wait!
Husband, I can't bear to be scolded.
Husband, do you need my help?
Husband, do you like me?
Ever since I saw you in the valley that day, I've been...
But I know it's impossible between us.
What did I just say?
Husband, you just said that
you like me. Is that true?
When...did I ever say that?
I'm lying to you.
Senior...
Heng'er, I was just a little bit nervous back then.
I just wanted to know why you are doing this.
Alright, I won't play with you anymore.
You just have to know that I did everything for your benefit and that'll be enough.
Heng'er, if you don't have anything else...
I'll just leave.
Hong Daye is here to see Your Highness.
Chang Yan is here to see Your Highness.
The two of you came at the right time. I have something to ask you guys.
Daye, your wife has been donating porridge outside of the city lately.
This act of kindness indeed deserves recognition.
Not only did she help the poor, but she also won the hearts of citizens for the government.
My wife?
Yes.
My uncle, Prince Su, saw it with his own eyes on his way back to the capital.
He and His Majesty both praised this act.
Your Highness is flattering me. Actually, my wife is not as good as you say she is.
It's just that her character... is very kind.
She is very simple. It's all due to her character.
My wife heard about this and she admires your wife very much.
She told me to invite your wife to our place. What do you think?
It's my pleasure. Thank you, Your Highness.
-And thank you to Her Highness.-Oh, Master Liu.
I've heard that your house is
right beside Hong's house. That's a rare coincidence.
It is true.
Since you live next doors,
I'm guessing that your wives are good friends?
I don't know about that.
I know a little bit about this.
Think about it. You're both working for the government and you live next doors.
That's something hard to find.
How about Mrs. Liu come to our house, too,
and have tea and view flowers with my wife? What do you think?
I'm afraid that's not very suitable...
What's not suitable about it? My wife is bored at home.
Now I've finally found two people to accompany her.
You're not respecting me by rejecting my request.
I dare not to. It's just that my wife has an odd character and her temper is not good, too.
I'm afraid that she won't attend this event if there is not a convincible reason for it.
I was doing you a favor by inviting you,
but I didn't expect you to be so dumb. Looks like I've made a mistake!
Your Highness, please don't be angry...don't be angry.
-I...-Master Liu is afraid that he might cause trouble to Your Highness
and that's why he looked for an excuse. Isn't that right?
Your Highness, then...I'll discuss it with my wife when I get back home.
That's the spirit.
Don't you worry, Your Highness. When I get home, I will also tell my wife
to invite Mrs. Liu. I will make sure that Master Liu
will accompany Her Highness with my wife.
You see? Master Hong is more straightforward than you.
How come Master came home so early today? What do you want to eat for dinner?
Where's Mistress?
Why are you asking about her?
The Ninth Duchess want to invite Zhu to go out.
-Go and find Mistress.-Yes, Master.
Master, you didn't even look at me once since you walked through that door.
Now I've looked at you.
That doesn't count! Why is she seeing the Duchess?
Shouldn't I go instead?
It must be because that I'm just a concubine.
I just knew it. You should have divorced with her a long time ago.
This is a formal event. Don't mess around, okay?
How many times have I told you guys? The ingredients must be clean!
If they are not clean, we'll get sick, you understand?
-Yes. It's my fault.-You think you can handle the consequences?
Master.
-Master.-Master.
Do you need anything?
Where's my wife? Did anyone see her?
Mistress is right here.
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Why are you dressed like this? It's not like I didn't give you money to buy clothes and jewelry!
Come back!
You come back here!
Stop there!
You have become more and more disrespectful toward me these days!
You come out...come out; I need to talk to you.
I'm warning you.
If you don't come out, I'll divorce with you immediately!
This is your last chance.
If you don't come out, you won't get another chance.
Not being a mistress when she could be one...Dressing in rags and not caring about her image...
I didn't even recognize her when she was standing right beside me!
I feel ashamed in front of all those servants because of her!
I've already told you before. You didn't believe what I said.
She was once a beautiful maid,
but now she's like this. Is there any difference between her and a farm wife?
Maybe she knows that she is old and ugly now. If she doesn't take care of herself,
you would feel pity for her.
I can understand those types of thoughts.
But she doesn't care about Master's face at all!
Master, I know I shouldn't say stuff like these.
But when I see you acting like this, I can't help but feel pain in my heart.
Master, why not let me accompany the Duchess instead?
Can't I compare to a farmer-like sister now?
I can definitely act accordingly and share husband's burden.
Actually, the Ninth Duke just likes our neighbor's main Madam.
That's why he invited the Madams of both houses to join them in their tour.
Whether it will be you going or my main wife going, I don't think the Ninth Duke will care.
The Ninth Duke fell for Madam Liu?
What's good with that Madam Liu?
The Ninth Duke did all these
just to meet her?
Yes.
Then what does Husband think of that Madam Liu?
Good.
Although I just saw her from afar,
but she is worthy of being one of the most beautiful ladies in the human world.
Husband!
She's someone Ninth Duke likes. What does she have to do with me?
And also, even if I like her, she might not like me.
Then what you mean by that is someone who liked you, like me,
is one grade lower than her.
Geez...you women...
I'm taking back what I said. I know that my wife and Madam Liu are on good terms.
Only through her can we invite Madam Liu to come with us.
But right now, Madam doesn't even want to see me. This is hard.
What's hard about this? I'll go and socialize with that Madam Liu tomorrow.
Don't worry. With me doing it, I will definitely help Husband remove all worries and solve all difficulties.
I don't know the reason behind why the Ninth Duke is doing this.
Heng'er, what do you think?
Don't you even feel something?
Me? Should I be feeling something?
Don't you even feel a little like 'eating vinegar' (feeling jealous)?
Eating vinegar. Don't you know the meaning of that in the human world?
Eating vinegar. But I don't understand
why I must eat vinegar. What's good about eating vinegar?
Husband, I am your wife.
But suddenly a Ninth Duke comes out of nowhere showing me attention.
Do you really not feel anything?
Logically, you should be angry.
Oh...Heng'er said it right. As a husband, I should be affected by this.
Married couples should follow proper interaction between married couples.
But from what's happening,
this common man I'm portraying is still failing.
But listening to what you said now, within my heart,
I do kind of feel a little unwell.
You really feel unwell?
Really. There's really a feeling of something being blocked.
Then are you unwell because you are portraying this common man?
Or because of Ninth Duke showing me great attention?
This...it seems to be more due to the latter reason.
Stupid.
Heng'er, do I really need to eat vinegar
for me to be able to feel this common human's feelings?
You stupid...you really don't know it.
Or are you pretending to not know it?
Heng'er, I'll go read books now.
What's going on? What's going on? When she said that earlier, I did feel a little unwell.
Could it be that I really am jealous?
This is bad, bad, bad.
- She's my senior.- What are you mumbling about?
Nothing, nothing, nothing.
Keep pretending! Book nerd.
Hey, Su Si, have you put away the books already?
- Hey, how about the official stamp?- It's already in here, Master.
Don't forget to bring more money so that we can give alms along the way --
I already know it, Master. This Ninth Duke, inviting you to watch flower a while ago,
now sending you to help in disaster relief. Don't know what he's really thinking.
Regardless, disaster relief is a good deed.
Good deed? Master, since you've become an official, I've never experienced any good life.
This time, we're going to suffer hardships again.
What hardships?
Observing and experiencing the human situation is also a form of spiritual training.
Spiritual training? Master, stop joking with me.
Our household's Master is really into his role.
Actually, you should have just portrayed as a merchant.
Being a merchant is so good. You can wear gold silk and valuables everyday.
You can even eat lots of fish and meat every day.
But you...insisted on entering the government.
Now what? You're being sent to some disaster area already.
Liu Chang Yan, what are you really thinking?
Madam, they say that being a government official is very complicated.
I want to practice more.
Accumulate experience. Maybe they can be of help with our fox clan in the future.
With your inflexible character, you have already fallen to other's schemes even before you have practiced enough.
Then Wife, do you have any reminders?
Reminders?
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Let me ask you. Do you like Senior Nine-tail Fox?
The two of you are making what initially was just pretend into reality.
From what I can see, there's something that has happened already between the two of you.
I remember since that time on the mountain valley, you should have liked being with me.
Right?
What have I really done last night?
It can't be. I definitely couldn't have touched him.
Ah! I'm so angry!